This attention is the least they deserve considering they both memorise every single winner for maximum safety.

Speaking about how securely the winners are locked down, Brian told Market Watch: ‘When we close the envelopes, that’s the only place that the winner is written down.

Emma Stone got the correct award (Picture: REX/Shutterstock)

‘We make sure that we memorise them all. We don’t have a piece of paper or anything with us that indicates who the winners are, for security reasons. If you were to lose that or drop that or somehow misplace it, that wouldn’t be good.’

‘One of the things the academy does is ensure that we get a showcard for each nominee,’ Martha added. ‘Once we get to the end of the week and we know the winners, it will be Brian and me that put the winning cards in the envelopes and seal them up.’

On their competence and eligibility, Brian added: ‘This is my fourth year. In 83 years that we’ve been doing this, I’m the 13th partner and Martha is the 14th. So we haven’t had that many people have this role in 83 years.

‘And this is the 89th Academy Awards, so you can see PwC has been doing this almost since the beginning.’

So what are they doing throughout the ceremony?

‘We stand on opposite sides of the stage, right off-screen, for the entire evening, and we each hand the respective envelope to the presenter,’ Brian explained.

The gong eventually found its way to its master Barry Jenkins (Picture: Reuters/Lucy Nicholson)

‘It doesn’t sound very complicated, but you have to make sure you’re giving the presenter the right envelope.’